Lupo Quoted on Office Renovations and Real Estate Savings

The firm expects the projects to save a little over $20 million annually while modernizing its workplaces and creating more opportunities for attorneys to connect. 

Anthony said the firm’s client base gave it room to develop distinctive office designs. “A lot of our clients are consumer-facing, like fashion companies and entertainment companies, and so we’re able to pull off something a little more unique in terms of style than other firms might,” he said. “In Chicago, the theme is a 1970s Italian mod, like a modern Italian theme in the ’70s, and you go in there and you feel like you’re back when the Sears Tower was in its heyday.”  

The new spaces also emphasize collaboration and informal interaction. “Because COVID has taken away so much connectivity, we wanted to create an atmosphere where people were forced to crisscross,” Anthony said. “I don’t have coffee machines in every floor. I don’t want them. I have amazing Lavazza coffees and espressos and everything else. But you got to come to the spot, so you’re crisscrossing.”  

Anthony added that the firm’s design-forward clients helped shape the approach. “We leaned into our clients,” he said. “We have so many clients that are design forward-thinking that we knew we could do this between the fashion and the entertainment and the consumer product clients we have.”  

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